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Last month, if you can trust the statistics, we added 192, 000 jobs and jobless claims fell four percent.
FORBES: Economists Aren't As Clever As They Think They Are
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The report justifies wider measures of well-being partly by noting that the public must have trust in official statistics.
ECONOMIST: Economics focus
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The Trussell Trust released its statistics to coincide with World Food Day.
BBC: UK food banks used by record number, says Trussell Trust
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There is no evidence of a deliberate attempt to bury the grim home-building figures, but it is a shame that Parliamentary debate of the housing strategy on Monday was denied the most recent information and that the sequence of events risks further damaging trust in the way politicians treat our national statistics.
BBC: Building trust in building statistics
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Health Service Journal (HSJ) statistics showed Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust had recorded 52 waits of 12 hours since January.
BBC: Brighton and Sussex NHS 'worst for A&E 12-hour waits'
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The spokesman said the Home Office had transferred the statistics to the ONS to "build public trust" and was "continuing to work with forces to ensure accurate data".
BBC: Fall in crime in England and Wales 'may be exaggerated'
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The three big rules of research, as they were taught to me in high school, are pay attention to source bias, never trust the Internet (especially Wikipedia), and remember that statistics can be misleading.
FORBES: Reading Charts
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Statistics gathered last year by Barts and The London NHS Trust, where we have a large number of Muslim patients, showed a drop of up to 20% in attended hospital appointments during Ramadan.
BBC: Some Muslims 'risking their lives' in Ramadan
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The Code of Practice for Official Statistics says ministers must "ensure that no statement or comment - based on prior knowledge - is issued to the press or published ahead of the publication of the statistics" and reminds them of their duty "to promote trust and maximise public value" of official data.
BBC: Building trust in building statistics